Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 3 , Pages 806-815, March 2009

Alcohol Types and Sociodemographic Characteristics as Risk Factors for Barrett's Esophagus

  • Ai Kubo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Ai Kubo, PhD, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, California 94612. fax: (510) 891-3606
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  • Theodore R. Levin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California
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  • Gladys Block

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
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  • Gregory J. Rumore

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California
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  • Charles P. Quesenberry Jr

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California
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  • Patricia Buffler

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
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  • Douglas A. Corley

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California
    • Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Received 22 August 2008; accepted 20 November 2008. published online 28 November 2008.

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 This article has an accompanying continuing medical education activity on page 1105. Learning Objective—At the end of this activity, the successful learner should be able to identify major known risk factors of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma.

 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by National Institutes of Health grants K08DK002697 and RO1 DK63616, and a Kaiser Permanente/Permanente Medical Group Community Benefits grant.

PII: S0016-5085(08)02073-8

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2008.11.042

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  • Continuing Medical Education Exam 2, March 2009 , 23 January 2009

    Gastroenterology March 2009 (Vol. 136, Issue 3, Pages 1105-1106)

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 3 , Pages 806-815, March 2009

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